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Unlike the Bammer + Hillary, etal. vee Abbottabad raid agz Osama, Artic pics shows Jong-un all in all his macho, Why-Yes-I-Do-Rule-North-Korea glory in the launch control center, wid no one + nuthing save a single phone, PROB TO EITHER CONGRATULATE THE GENERALS-N-ADMIRALS ON THE ROCKET'S SUCCESS, OR ELSE ORDER THEIR REMOVAL OR EXECUTION IFF A FAILURE???

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* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > "CORE TIP" BLOG: US WARNS CHINA THAT FAILURE ON ITS PART TO RESTRAIN OR CONTROL NORTH KOREA MAY LEAD TO A US-CHINA ARMS RACE + INCREASED US MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE PACIFIC.